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- Exploring Channels
- Using Channels
- Making Selections
- Color Fixes
In this series, Helen Bradley discusses some handy Photoshop tools that are often overlooked or misunderstood, either because they're hidden away or because their uses aren't immediately apparent. Yet these tools provide smart and useful ways to perform various tasks in Photoshop, so they're worthy of adding to your Photoshop skill list.
In this eighth part of the series, we look at channels, a feature that not only provides information about your image but can also be used for photo editing. You can use channel data to convert an image to black and white, and you can even save a selection in a channel for reuse later on.
Exploring Channels
When you open a photograph in Photoshop, it will already contain a number of channels. You can view them in the Channels palette by choosing Window > Channels. An RGB image such as a photo will have four entries in the channel list: one red, one green, one blue, and a composite channel made up of all three channels. By default you work with the RGB composite channel.
When you click on a channel such as the Red channel in the Channels palette, the other channels will be rendered invisible and you will see a grayscale image that represents the red in the image. In an RGB image, the areas that are darkest in the grayscale channel are those in which there is little of that particular color. The areas that are lightest are those with the most color. To see this at work, open a photograph that includes some blue sky, look at the blue channel, and notice that the sky area shows as white or light gray (see Figure 1). The opposite is the case with a CMYK image; however, as you'll typically work with RGB color images, we will focus on them.
Figure 1 In an RGB image, the grayscale channels show the lightest values where there is more of that particular color in the image. Here the blue sky area looks almost white in the Blue channel.


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Dozens of intelligence analysts working at the U.S. military's Central Command (CENTCOM) have complained that their reports on ISIS and the Nusra Front in Syria were inappropriately altered by senior officials, according to a published report.
The time is right for Christian Coalition supporters and allies to step forward to promote energy independence initiatives.
The Leader of the Senate Republicans, Senator Mitch McConnell, KY, came out on Wednesday and told Barack Obama to "end his charade." Since Obama's speech before a Joint Session of Congress -- which was a bust a few weeks ago -- Barack Obama is trying to get Congress to pass what he calls a "jobs" bill, but what is really his second major "stimulus" bill. The first Obama "stimulus" bill, which cost Americans one trillion dollars, was an abject failure.
Senate Leader McConnell said: "For the past three weeks, President Obama has been racing around the country trying to rally public support for a second stimulus bill and demanding that Congress pass it 'right away.'"
The re-election campaign of the Blame-Everyone-Else-in-Chief, Barack Obama -- who has blamed just about everyone else for the Obama Recession (or very close to a recession) which our nation is experiencing including two and a half years of blaming President George W. Bush -- is now singling out the Majority Leader in the United States House of Representatives, Eric Cantor, R-VA for blame.
Obama said in a speech at a community college: "I'd like Mr Cantor to come down here to Dallas and explain what exactly in this jobs bill does he not believe in."
Christian Coalition of America commends Speaker of the House of Representatives, John Boehner, Republican from Ohio, for condemning religious persecution in Iran. Specifically, Speaker Boehner is denouncing Iran for issuing a death sentence against a Christian pastor, Yousef Nadarkhani, just because he is Christian.
Speaker Boehner says this about Pastor Nadarkhani's imminent execution: "I urge Iran's leaders to abandon this dark path, spare Yousef Nadarkhani's life, and grant him a full and unconditional release."
The rest of the press release from the Speaker's office is directly below:
The chairman of the 180-member conservative Republican Study Committee in the House of Representatives, Congressman Jim Jordan from Ohio, has a problem with spending by Democrats. The bottom line is that the Democrats just do not want to cut spending but they do want to increase taxes on the American people. Congressman Jordan also urges passage of a Balanced Budget Amendment.
The Obama administration recognized yesterday that it would not successfully defend its socialized medicine scheme, ObamaCare, in a hearing before the full membership of the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals, which is more conservative than the United States Supreme Court, and thus, it threw in the towel.
The leader of the Republicans in the United States Senate, Senator Mitch McConnell from Kentucky blasted his Democrat counterparts yesterday over a near government shut-down crisis which should never have occurred in the first place.
Senate Leader McConnell said on the Senate floor yesterday:
"After tonight's vote, I think the best path forward is clear: the quickest and surest way to get FEMA all the disaster funds it needs, and put an end to any talk of a government shutdown, is for the Senate to take up and pass the House-passed CR right away.
"Unfortunately, my friends on the other side of the aisle will not agree to that.
"However, earlier today, as we all know, FEMA indicated it already has the funds it needs for the duration of the current CR — without the billions more in emergency funds Democrats have been calling for.
It is sort of comical, but tragic, how Barack Obama has basically confined himself on visits to nearly only those states for whose electoral votes he desperately needs for relection next year, still some 14 months away. He is almost non-stop on Air Force One these days trying to get voters in those key battleground states to support his $1.5 TRILLION, with a "T", tax increases.
The American people are not buying Obama's "Stimulus 2" either, no matter how many visits to their states he makes. Indeed, by overwhelming majorities, they want Obama's signature "achievement," his socialized medicine scheme, ObamaCare, repealed by the next president.
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HOUSTON, TEX. - Thousands of immigrants from Central America have crossed over the Mexican border into the U.S. state of Texas in recent months, and federal agents have stepped up efforts to process those with no criminal record and allow them to stay with family members in the United States while awaiting their court date. Local communities are providing these weary and hungry immigrants with humanitarian assistance.
This week the Hidalgo County, Texas Sheriff's Department found the decomposing body of a boy in the scrub brush near the Rio Grande River, which delineates the border with Mexico.
Using information scribbled on the boy's belt, deputies contacted a man in Guatemala who identified himself as the boy's father. Sheriff Eddie Guerra said he provided information that helped identify the body.
"A part statement was obtained from the presumed father of the deceased male, who provided the specific clothing description," said Guerra.
The dead boy was 11-years-old, according to his birth certificate, but family members say he was 15.
In recent months there has been a surge of immigrants from Central America arriving in south Texas. Federal authorities have detained minors who are not accompanied by a parent, but have processed and released hundreds of people with children to travel to other U.S. locations where they have family members.
Many of them end up at the bus station in the border town of McAllen, Texas, which is struggling to deal with the large influx.
McAllen spokesman Teclo Garcia said local government, nuns, and local volunteers are providing services in the parking lot of the Sacred Heart Catholic church.
"The county has put up some tents and the sisters are all working to make sure people get fed and they are looked after, and the county health folks are doing some screenings and things of that nature, and then they move along and catch their bus and go wherever," said Garcia.
Garcia said the city has spent about $58,000 on this emergency operation, but he said it could end up spending $500,000 dollars by the end of this year if the situation does not improve.
"While we are handling it now, our preference is that the feds (federal government) take responsibility. We did not cause this situation, we just want to treat people humanely. But we wonder and we are concerned about how long this is sustainable. We do not want to spend $500,000 of taxpayer money on this operation annually," said Garcia.
The operation at the church in McAllen and another one that opened a few days ago farther down the river in Brownsville are managed by Catholic Charities, whose representative, Brenda Riojas, said it started with local citizens.
"They noticed that there were people at the bus station arriving who needed help, so on their own, from the trunks of their cars, they were providing assistance and then when the numbers grew too large, the bus station said this is not the space for this," said Riojas.
Riojas said the church shelter provides immigrants with food, a chance to bathe, a bed to sleep on for a few days and other assistance before they join family members, sometimes in far-off places, like New York or California. She said the volunteers also give them something for the road.
"We provide them also with travel packets. We want to make sure that they have diapers for their children, baby food, water," said Riojas.
Some people have decried such assistance as aiding lawbreakers and encouraging more people to cross the border illegally, but Riojas said the church and other charities in south Texas are only providing humanitarian aid for people already here who are in need of help.
Some members of Congress are also critical of the process of releasing undocumented immigrants and have called for returning them quickly to their country of origin in order to discourage others from coming.


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This is the story of a vanished world, the shtetel of Antopol. The material for this presentation was gathered painstakingly over a long period of time by a relatively small group of dedicated people who wished to preserve its memory and heritage for the descendents of its martyred. More than a history, this story is very personal because our parents, grandparents and great-great grandparents going back many generations came from this community. This is also a place whose many sons and daughters in years past left to seek a new and free life. Many achieved success and prominence all over the world - the United States, South Africa, Argentina, and other areas of the globe. We are the fortunate descendents of these hardy forebears and pioneers.
It is hard to imagine that only a few decades ago there existed a vibrant, living community called Antopol, with its men, women and children; its market place, stores, schools. Beth medroshim (Houses of Prayer), orphanages, Gmilas Hasodim (free loan society for the needy), newspaper stands - all so familiar and so dear to memory. This little town was typical of hundreds of similar smaller and larger communities. And, like Atlantis, or some past people recounted in a saga, it suddenly vanished in the most bloody massacre in all of history.
But this presentation is for the living - to convey to us, the "she'erit" or "last remnant" of descendents, something of the heritage, spirit and, record of the life of this community which many of us know only in an abstract and detached way. The task is too great, and our resources too limited to write the whole story. This little volume, condensed and translated into English, is both a record and a personal memorial to a profoundly meaningful and warmly nostalgic past.
"Let us remember the day full of light,
The sun which gazed down on the bloody
The clear blue sky which saw but was silent,
And the hills of ash beneath the blossoming
We the Antopol landsleit, the bereaved orphans, who left Antopol more then 50 years ago and emigrated to far countries overseas, with the ardent wish and aim to extend relief to our parents and families, who were left behind in the old home, and numerous families did get relief at the end of the first world war by their children, husbands and relatives who remitted the first-aid through delegates, and since then many families and youths, with the help of American relatives, did emigrate to all States of America as well as to Eretz-Israel, with the desire and hope to send relief for their families and take them out of the Polish antisemitic regime and people.
Alas, to our deep regret we were too late and had not the privilege to let all our beloved join us, so that it has just been left to us - the orphans to set up monuments in their memory. We have already erected many monuments, and now, with the publishing of the nice Antopol Memorial Book we have set up a really great and magnificent monument. The erection of this monument has taken many many years, since I met the first rescued remnant from Antopol who arrived in Israel, from whom I got aware of the heavy disaster which had befallen us with the annihilation of the whole beloved Jewish community of Antopol, of blessed memory. Since then I started outlining the Antopol plan, marking all houses, just as I recalled them to my mind from the eve of the first world war, having contributed to the Book many articles which I had taken out of my memorial book, as I noted many years ago. I have also been active in demanding and collecting some material from local and American landsleit, who have very warmly responded in contributing plenty of material, pictures and money towards the publishing of this nice and monumental book.
Following our ardent wish and tendency that our Antopol Book should include contributions of our landsleit who knew Antopol, the writers and poets, who are capable of perpetuating the memory of destroyed Antopol, in eulogy and lamentation over the ruin and destruction of the Jewish Antopol community of blessed memory, and in this way publish the Memorial Book, in its proper form, and appearance. We shall, however, refrain from being arrogant and giving compliments to ourselves. We did it because this is our ardent duty and devotion for the memory and honour of our perished families of our dear townlet Antopol.
I highly appreciate the activities of all devoted landsleit of all the American Committees, with respect and gratitude for their nice and gigantic help and assistance, 'which continues already for over 50 years, and for their great help extended to our institutions, that all of us, Antopol landsleit in Israel highly appraise and appreciate with innermost gratitude, all that they have done. for us and for Israel, and especially for the magnificent Antopol Book. I express my special thanks to our devoted friends: Max Futerman, Leizer Wolynietz, Israel Pernik and to all those who assisted us to discontinue the protracted delay in publishing the Book.
Antopol is one of about 30 similar little towns in Polesia, the greatest marshes-area in Europe. The district lies 150 meters above sea level, at 52º11'N and 24º42'E. The town is situated between Kobrin, Drohichin, Radostov, Zafrod, near the great marshes which extend south, east and north-east, and occupy about 56% of Polesia. Antopol, like other similar settlements, lies on a small elevation of land, but in its immediate vicinity we find already the beginning of marshes, especially to the east.
There is no river near Antopol, but 7 miles from the town lies the Karolevski Canal, 50 miles long, 20-30 meters wide, and 2-2,5 meters deep. As long back as 1795 the Poles began the project, which was finished by the Russians during the Czarist regime. The Soviets in 1941-42 deepened and extended it in order to adapt it to the shipment of vessels carrying wheat to Nazi Germany, and bringing back coal and metal ores. These were the times after the treaty between the German and Soviet foreign ministers. In the winter of 1941-42 they brought to Antopol about 5,000 prisoners from Russian concentration camps, who extended the canal and also built an airport for military use.
The zone, in which Antopol is situated, belongs to the border of the plateau separating the Baltic basin from the Black Sea basin, A smaller canal, named after Oginski, 30 miles long, 12 meters wide was dug in the eighteenth century. A total length of 1,250 miles of other canals was counted in 1935.
The ground water is very high in Antopol. Many wells were dug in the backyards in town, especially in the years 1930-1940, when cement pipes were manufactured by a local citizen, Podorewski.
Climate and Precipitation
The climatology of Antopol is affected by its being situated in an enclosed
area, low and marshy, in a continent extending from the Ural to the Atlantic,
from the Black Sea to the Baltic Sea. The summer lasts from the end of May till
the middle of September, and the temperature is about 17.6ºC. In the
summer there are western and north-western winds, sometimes also storms with
rains. After the hot day come nights with heavy fogs rising from the marshes.
The winter is severe, full of snow which lasts three months, and the frozen water, especially in the marshes, serve for transportation. Spring is short, and this is the time when the marshes melt again. Autumn is usually a rainy season. Precipitation reaches 600mm per annum.
Geologically the soil has a granite basis with varying layers of lime and sand. During the Diluvial period the whole area was covered with huge glaziers. The granite hills prevented them from moving, and thus were formed the Polesian marshes. In these marshes began to grow layers of Torf, which occupy about a third of the area. In other zones we find layers of Kaolin and Black Soil.
Around the 15-16th century, after beginning to dry the marshes, they began to till the land in an orderly manner. Most of the good land belonged to different princes. In the 20th century, with the abolition of servitude the land was parcelled and colonization began in 1927-33. After World War Il the soviets established two agricultural groups (Kolhoz): Pervomaiski and Gubernia.
Wild flora abounds in the region, especially in the marshy region. Large areas are covered with forests, which occupy 25-32% of the region, with 65% pine trees, as well as other indigenous species. These forests are full with mushrooms and berries.
The agrarian flora includes: Wheat, barley, flax, as well as potatoes, onions, cabbage, garlic etc. In Antopol itself there were many plots tilled by both Jews and non-Jews. The Jews perfected their production of industrial crops, mainly two: pickles and ganders for export.
The region boasts of riches in fauna. Forest animals include all the known varieties, from bears and wolves to rabbits and beavers. Hunting was therefore very popular in the area. Also fowl is abundant, and there is a variety of 40 different species of fish, as well as insects indigenous to marshy areas.
The population numbered up to 3,000 in good times, but epidemics, pogroms and emigration did not allow it to grow. The majority were Jews, and the others were: Polishuks, Bielorussians, Russians and Poles. The inhabitants live in primitive huts, wore hand made clothes, until manufactured goods arrived. Their countenance is pale, long oval faces, wide foreheads, straight noses, auburn hair. Quiet people, speak little and calculated, patient, conservative, not industrious, and in spite of availability of water - unclean. The adults often sleep on the furnace. The prevailing religion is Pravoslavic, but the peasants believe in many superstitions. Poles began swarming into the area in the 16th century. In various periods their immigration increased or decreased. After World War I immigration increased and with this wave came also the postman Chrominsky, the cursed hangman of Jewish Antopol,
ANTOPOL (Antipolie, in the Jewish slang). is situated near the railway Pinsk-Kobrin, 8 kilometers east of Horodetz and 28 kilometers west of Drohichin, in the subdistrict of Kobrin. district of Grodno.
The town is part of Polesia, known for its vast marshes and forests. Antopol is therefore known by its nickname "marshes of Antopol".
Near Antopol, on the west side, there used to be a large forest beginning from the road to Kobrin. To the south, on the road leading to the village Rusheve, there was another dense forest. In these forests used to roam wolves and bears, as well as dangerous snakes.
It seems that ancient Antopol began to develop from the Kobrin road, where the forest ended, and stretched until the site of the old cemetery, which by religious law was outside the town limits.
When was Antopol founded? When did Jewish settlement begin there?
There is little documentation, which can be relied upon, and we must contend ourselves with assumptions that Jewish settlement in Antopol began about 1604.
According to documents in Polish, the town is mentioned in relation to the building of a monastery around 1718. In the same documents it is mentioned that the good lady Antonina Zamoiska built the monastery, and the town was named after her - Antopol, Antonina's town (=polis in Greek).
Changes in Government
The region of Polesia has undergone many occupations, following revolutions and counterrevolutions. In 1315-1341 Polesia was conquered by the Lithuanian archduke Gdimin.
After the unification of Poland and Lithuania in 1386, the Lithuanian archduchy opened its gates to Polish culture, and especially to its Roman Catholic religion. The Roman Catholic church extended its influence everywhere. Gradually and successfully it completed the Polanization of Polesia. This situation aroused the anger of the Cosacks and caused the famous Chmelnitzky Rebellion.
The Cosacks looted the country for two years. Much Jewish blood was shed in those two years in Polesia, until the Polish -army drove out the rebels.
In the spring of 1706, the Swedes, led by Karol XII declared war on Poland, but the marshes of Polesia caused them to withdraw in the same year.
History does not give us details about the fate of Antopol Jews in those years, but in Jewish folklore there remained the saying "it remembers the Swedes" as signifying an old story.
Poland was saved and remained intact until 1772, the year of its first partition. In 1793 1795 Russia annexed the districts of Minsk, Vilno, and Grodno. The district of Grodno contained the following 8 sub-districts: Grodno, Lidda, Novogrodsk, Slonim, Volkovisk, Prozhani, Brisk, and Kobrin. Antopol was then part of the subdistrict of Kobrin.
In the 1812 Franco-Russian war, Antopol also took its share of misfortunes. During the battles in the town the inhabitants suffered much and the Jews most of all.
The Polish residents were not happy under Russian rule, and tried twice to rebel against the foreigners, in 1830 and in 1863, but they failed in both attempts.
These Jews supported the Poles. They provided them with food and shelter, even though the Poles did not forget in the Jewish shelter to shout at their saviors: Filthy Jew, take off your hat!
The Russians did not forgive the Jews for harboring the Poles, and punished them very hard for their support of their enemies. Punishing Jews was an easy undertaking under Czarist Russia.
The land of Antopol and environs belonged to the squires, the noble landowners, and the Jews used to pay taxes. In 1904 the Jews paid taxes to Lady Sofia Dmitrivna Voitosh. Her property in land was immense and her business manager was an Antopol Jew by the name of Mordechai Sheinboim, through whose initiative she did for the Jews of Antopol many favors.
The region had been resting from wars about 100 years when World War I broke out. In the summer of 1915 the Germans conquered Antopol. Many Jewish houses were burned down and the Jews settled in the houses of the gentiles who had fled to Russia. The few Jews who remained reorganized life in the little town but the German rule was very strict. The young people were hurt most of all. They were seized and sent to labor camps. The German conquerors began to establish German public schools to spread the German language and culture.
Antopol was under German rule until November 1918 when the Germans began to return to Germany. Anarchy spread in town. When eventually Antopol was annexed to the new Poland, "legal" terror began to reign. The Polish regime protected the terrorists who continued to loot and riot. Later Antopol became a zone of fighting between the Russians and the Poles. In 1919 the Bolsheviks arrived in Antopol and they began to introduce their "new order". They did not stay long and the Poles returned to Antopol. Upon their return they avenged themselves on the Jews who suffered much during this period.
The region began to quiet down, and the population began to rehabilitate its life, when Poland and the Bolsheviks began fighting in July 1920. At first the Russians succeeded in getting to the gates of Warsaw, but finally the Poles repelled them. In the meantime the soldiers of General Belachovitz, leader of the White Russians, join forces with the Poles. This union is written with blood and tears in Jewish history.
In 1921 a truce was signed in Riga and Antopol was incorporated in Poland. The Polish government introduced strict laws against the Jewish people, including compulsory education in Polish schools and service in the army. In spite of that many Jews excelled themselves in their army service.
When World War II broke out, the Bolsheviks took over Antopol and environs.
The Soviet regime lasted, for better or for worse, until June 1941, when the Nazis crossed the Russian border and conquered all of Poland and the Ukraine, on their way to Moscow and Leningrad.
Under the Nazis, the Jews of Antopol were persecuted, tortured, imprisoned in a ghetto, but they did not surrender. They fought back, joined the partisans and took an active part in the underground. But eventually they were executed and murdered by the cursed Nazis.
In July 1944 the Red Army reconquered Antopol, which is now incorporated in the district of Kobrin in White Russia, but her Jews, our dear families are no more. Thus came an end to Jewish life in Antopol.
Economic Life in Antopol
We do not know much about economic life in old Antopol. We also lack information about its Jewish population in those years. Nevertheless we know that the Jewish population was constantly increasing.
About 200 years after its establishment in 1847 the Jewish population numbered 1108 inhabitants. By 1860 they increased to 1259 out of a general population of 1563. If we take into account the fires in town which drove away many people, the net increase is remarkable.
In 1897 the Jews were already in the majority, 3137 out of 3867. In 1904, when the total population numbered 5235, the Jews accounted for at least half that number. During that period the town developed, roads were extended and the side streets were inhabited by Jews.
What did the Jews do for a living? What caused them to spread out? Most Antopol Jews tilled the land, grew potatoes, onions, carrots, cucumbers etc. Those agricultural workers were called Morgovniks and worked the land in the back of their houses, especially along the roads to Pinsk and Kobrin. Some worked by themselves and others employed gentile hired workers. The vegetables were loaded on wagons and sent to the markets in nearby towns.
In the beginning of the 20th century an industrial crop came to the fore - pickled cucumbers, which were stored in cellars to protect them from the cold. Later they were sent as far as Warsaw.
The second agricultural industry was the goose trade. They used to import them from far away Russia, feed them and raise them in special "poshornies". When they became fat, they were transported to Lithuania or to Germany.
Merchants and commercial agents from other towns used to come to Antopol, and Antopol merchants were also constantly going to Vilno (capital of Lithuania).
There were also other enterprises in town, such as mills, brick factories, lime factories etc. In the middle of the town stood the market place, numbering 42 stores.
On Sundays the inhabitants of the neighboring villages used to come to Antopol for the weekly fair to exchange goods in the local market which attracted also merchants from far away. There were also two yearly fairs which were famous all over the region.
In 1840 when the Royal Canal was dug from Pinsk to Horodetz, a local Jewish contractor supplied workers for the project. In the 1880's, the Lifshitzes, famous forest traders, supplied lumber for a regional railway.
Another large project was the road between Horodetz and Antopol in 1908-1910. This road gave Antopol access to the Horodetz railway station.
A traders loan association began operating in Antopol in the beginning of the 20th century. Merchants were granted loans without interest from its bank. Its chief accountant was Peretz Gurewitz.
In the period between the two world wars a Gmilus Hassodim Fund was established following the initial hearty contribution of Mrs. Esther Cornblum from the U.S.A. This fund was a significant aid in the economic development in Antopol.
About 1928 a bus line was inaugurated, connecting Antopol with Kobrin, thus
helping also the trade of the town. In 1935 a small power station was
constructed to supply electricity and power.
The U.S.A. was an immense source of income for Antopol. Many men who had emigrated to America used to support the families left behind. After World War I the amount of aid increased, especially when the Polish regime proclaimed restrictions on the Jews.
Two waves of emigration began then: One to Israel and the other to South America. The Jews who emigrated from Antopol were the ones who remained alive to tell the world of the destruction of their birth town and the murder of their families by the Nazi inhumans.
Culture in Antopol
Antopol, like many other Jewish towns in Polesia, was a religious town. Religion was the framework for everyday life. The rabbis were the leaders in all walks of life, and everything went by religious law. Even some young people who "went astray" did so within the religious sphere. Such a man was Dr. Israel M. Rabinowitz, son of the rabbi Moshe-Hirsh, who went for secular studies, and became known as the translator of the Talmud into French.
The thirst for knowledge spread more and more, and the public demanded teachers for Hebrew, Russian, and mathematics, and when they were brought - they had an increasing number of students for these subjects.
The social movements during the Russian revolution had a great influence in Antopol. Antopol Jews tell about Fradel Stavsky, one of the organizers of subversive activities in town. She was exiled to Siberia. Zionist movements followed and many young people joined them.
Young boys and girIs learned also in Russian public schools and continued in high schools in Brisk and other cities.
The traditional Heider was reformed by Reb Aharon Lifshitz (Lief). The reformed Heider was later followed by another one established by Reb Israel Wall-Wollowelsky, who introduced also a teacher for the Russian language.
A private school for girls was conducted by Mrs. Teibe Shagan. Also private teachers were brought to teach languages and sciences.
After World War I a Hebrew School Tarbut was founded, in which Hebrew was the current language. There was also a library called "The I. L. Peretz library".
Talmud Torah schools and Yeshivot were opened in town and Jewish studies gave the tone until the Soviets closed the schools and the Nazis executed the population.
Colonies of Antopol Jews
Jews from Antopol spread also over Russia and Poland. Already in the 1880's there were famous branches in Kishinev and in Warsaw.
An important center for Antopol emigrants was the U.S.A. Although it was far away, one had to prepare a passport, cross frontiers, and travel by boat 2-3 weeks, and upon arrival they could not observe religion as they used to back home, but the desire to wider horizons overcame everything. They used to come to New-York and Chicago, and other metropolitan cities, where they could make a living and build a home, but people went also to Brownsville which was nicknamed "Jerusalem of America" on account of its Jewish population. There they established a union with emigrants from Kobrin and Horodetz called "Hevra Gmilus Hassodim Agudas Achim Anshei Kobrin, Horodetz and Antepolie".
One helped another to settle in the new country, but some did not find their place and returned back to the old country.
Many of Antopol immigrants in America advanced themselves in American industry, like the Farbers in silverware and Margolies in gas stations. In music we all know: Cantor David Putterman who was dean of the cantors association, and Roberta Peters (also a Putterman) star of the Metropolitan Opera in New-York.
In science Antopol is represented by: Prof. P. Berman, who was director of the large hospital in Pasadena; Dr. M. Kletsky, for many years chief dentist of Arbieter Ring and contributor to professional magazines; Prof. Herbert L. Henderson, who took an active part in the development of the first atom bomb.
Antopol Jews have earned prominent places also in Chicago. They established organizations and various associations. Their synagogue in Chicago was famous in the city. Rabbi Jacob Greenberg founded the "Beit Midrash LeTorah" in Chicago and presided over the institution all his life.
In Argentina there is an, important chapter of Antopol landsleit, especially in Buenos Aires, and it is said that they were of the first immigrants there.
In the building of the State of Israel the Jews from Antopol wrote (and are still writing) a brilliant chapter.
The Holy Land was always the dream of the Jews in Antopol. Already 200 years ago they began coming to Israel. Seventy Hassidim of the followers of Hagra came to Zefat in 1808. Others came individually in the same century, like Reb Moshe Ben Akiva and Reb Moshe Zvi, Reb Benjamin Yahalom and Reb Jacob Benjamin, Reb Nethaniel Haim Pape and his family, and the whole Saharov family.
The End
In 1960 our dear brother, the late Prof. P. Berman wrote a letter to the governor of Antopol. In his letter he inquired what had become of his birth town. After two years came the answer in the form of a newspaper article in the local paper published in Minsk, capital of White Russia.
The reporter described a Jewish citizen named Isaac Berkovitz, who told him about the suffering of Bielorussians, Jews and Poles. He did not point out that the ghetto imprisoned only Jews and that the Nazis killed all the Jews with the help of the local population.
He tells happily about the progress which the Soviet regime brought to town. He tells about schools, libraries, bookstores etc. but no Hebrew or Yiddish is mentioned, because no Jews were left to enjoy it.
There is a church in town. But where are the synagogues and the prayer houses? Why does he not mention any of them?
And so, with this report we seal a 300 years chapter of the Jewish community in Antopol.
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The Forbidden Forest, also known as Dark Forest[1][2] borders the edges of the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry grounds. As its name suggests, it is strictly off limits to students - except in the case of detention, or Care of Magical Creatures lessons that occasionally take place there. Of course, with the various dangerous creatures living in the Forest, few students would even want to venture into it. Black flowers are known to grow in the forest.[3]
The Forbidden Forest houses or has housed any number of magical creatures. A few known examples include:
- An Acromantula colony, once led by Aragog, then the Death Eaters forced the remaining colony to assist them during the Battle of Hogwarts.
- A colony of centaurs, including Bane, Magorian, Ronan and Firenze.
- Herds of unicorns, hippogriffs and thestrals.
- Grawp, an undersized Giant and Rubeus Hagrid's half-brother, who was moved by Albus Dumbledore to a cave in the mountains surrounding Hogwarts.
- Fluffy, a massive, three-headed dog who was released into the forest after serving as one of the guards to the Philosopher's Stone during the 1991–1992 school year. [4]
- Blood-Sucking Bugbears[5]
- Bowtruckles
- A Blast-Ended Skrewt who survived the third task of the Triwizard Tournament was also released into the forest.
- It is also rumoured that many other types of creatures reside there including werewolves, trolls, and a few giants, though of the last, Grawp is the only known example. (However, Argus Filch has said that werewolves do live in the Forest, and Forest Trolls have also been seen in the Forest.)
- Although not technically a "creature", an enchanted and somewhat sentient Ford Anglia, once belonging to Arthur Weasley, took up residence in the forest after crashing into the Whomping Willow in 1992. [5]
Events in the ForestEdit
Prior to 1991Edit
The Forest appeared to hold some great interest for Fred and George Weasley, as both Rubeus Hagrid, and less overtly, Albus Dumbledore, indicated that considerable efforts had been made in the past to keep the boys out. [6]
After a Quidditch match, Harry Potter secretly followed Severus Snape to the outskirts of the forest, where he overheard a furtive conversation about the Philosopher's Stone, in which Snape asked Professor Quirrell if he had found a way past the three-headed dog and menacingly told Quirrell to decide where his loyalties laid.
As part of their punishment for being caught out of bed at night, Harry Potter, Hermione Granger, Draco Malfoy and Neville Longbottom were assigned to help the gamekeeper Rubeus Hagrid find and rescue a badly-injured unicorn in the Forbidden Forest. They split into two parties, and Harry and Draco found the unicorn dead, surrounded by its own blood. A hooded figure crawled to the corpse and drank the blood, while Draco fled, screaming. The hooded figure moved towards Harry, who was knocked out by an agonising pain spreading from his scar. When Harry regained consciousness, the hooded figure had gone and a centaur, Firenze, offered to give him a ride back to the school. Firenze told him that the hooded figure was actually Lord Voldemort, who had been trying to regain strength by drinking the unicorn's blood. [6]
Following the re-opening of the Chamber of Secrets, Harry and Ron went to visit Hagrid and ask him about his possible involvement in the last opening, 50 years previous. However, before they could receive any information, Hagrid was taken away by Lucius Malfoy and Cornelius Fudge. Before leaving his hut, he said that if anyone wanted to know anything they just had to "follow the spiders." Harry and Ron, who had been hiding under the invisibility cloak, decided to follow the spiders, per Hagrid's advice, which were streaming en masse towards the Forest. The spiders eventually led them to the Forest's acromantula colony, headed by Aragog, the "monster" Hagrid had been accused of setting on other students 50 years ago. Aragog explained that Hagrid is innocent, but rather than letting Harry and Ron go, he decided to leave them as dinner for his children. Mr. Weasley's Ford Anglia came blasting through the layers of spiders, however, and rescued the boys. Remembering that Aragog had said that Salazar Slytherin's real monster had killed its last victim in a bathroom, it occurred to Harry that Moaning Myrtle might have been that victim. [5]
After being in the Shrieking Shack for several hours, Harry, Ron, Hermione, Sirius Black, Remus Lupin, Snape and Ron's rat Scabbers, who had recently been discovered to be Peter Pettigrew, left the secret passage in the Whomping Willow. Unfortunately, Lupin had forgotten to take his Wolfsbane Potion, and the full moon caused him to turn into an uncontrollable Werewolf; when Sirius Black changed to his Animagus dog form to protect the others, Pettigrew took the opportunity to turn back into Scabbers and escape. After injuring Black, Lupin fled to the Forbidden Forest.
Later, when Harry and Hermione rescued Buckbeak and Sirius Black by going back in time with the Time-Turner, they hid with the Hippogriff in the Forest, while their counterparts were in the Shrieking Shack. [7]
Near the end of the Triwizard Tournament, Harry and the other champions were informed that the third task would be a maze, filled with magical obstacles. Victor Krum asked to speak to Harry alone (about his relationship with Hermione Granger), but as they moved away from the Quidditch pitch, a barely coherent Barty Crouch Sr. emerged from the forest, asking for Dumbledore. Harry left to retrieve Dumbledore, but upon his return, found that Krum had been stunned at the edge of the forest and Crouch was nowhere to be seen. [8]
Rubeus Hagrid, along with Olympe Maxime, paid a visit to a tribe of giants in 1995, on the orders of Hogwarts Professor and Headmaster Albus Dumbledore, to try and bring the giants over as their allies in the Second Wizarding War against Lord Voldemort and his Death Eaters. Along the way, Hagrid found his half-brother, brought him back to Hogwarts, and kept him hidden deep within the Forest. Throughout the year, Hagrid regularly visited his half-brother, whom he dubbed "Grawp," emerging from the Forest with suspicious injuries he refused to explain to Harry, Ron or Hermione. During the final game of the Hogwarts Quidditch Cup, Hagrid brought Harry and Hermione into the forest and revealed Grawp to them, asking them to keep him company in the inevitable event that Dolores Umbridge should force Hagrid off school grounds.
Hagrid's first Care of Magical Creatures lesson inspected by Professor Umbridge involved mysterious creatures called Thestrals. For this lesson, he lead his class into the forest in order to experience the Thestrals (which most of the students could not see, due to the fact the only way to see thestrals is by seeing someone die)in their natural habitat.
In 1996, Harry received a false vision that Sirius Black was being held and tortured by Lord Voldemort in the Department of Mysteries. When Harry desperately attempted to contact Sirius at 12 Grimmauld Place via the Floo Network in Umbridge's office fireplace, he was caught. As she was about to use the Cruciatus Curse to force Harry to reveal exactly what he'd been trying to do, Hermione claimed that Dumbledore had hidden a powerful weapon in the Forbidden Forest. She lead Harry and Umbridge into the forest where they encountered a heard of Centaurs. Umbridge foolishly insulted them, and an angry Centaur picked Umbridge up and carried her off screaming into the woods. Hermione and Harry were able to escape the Centaur's anger, which had turned to them for bringing Umbridge into the forest in the first place, amidst the chaos caused by Hagrid's giant half-brother, Grawp, crashing onto the scene. [9] This event is known as the Skirmish in the Forbidden Forest.
As Hagrid was coming out of the forest one day, he overheard Professors Snape and Dumbledore arguing over something that involved Snape not wanting to do something any more. However, Dumbledore argued that he had promised to do whatever it was, and that was that.
Towards the end of 1997, while Harry, Hermione and Ron were camping out during their search for Voldemort's Horcruxes, they overheard Ted Tonks, Dirk Cresswell, Dean Thomas, the goblins Griphook and Gornuk discussing Ginny Weasley, Neville Longbottom and Luna Lovegood getting caught trying to steal Godric Gryffindor's Sword from then-Headmaster Severus Snape's office, and being forced to serve detention with Hagrid in the Forbidden Forest; while Griphook was under the impression that this was a "cruel" punishment, it was undoubtedly Snape's way of sparing the students a far worse fate at the hands of Alecto and Amycus Carrow.
On 2 May, 1998, a great battle occured within the Castle and on the grounds of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. The Forbidden Forest served as the temporary hideout of Voldemort and his followers. A horde of Acromantula emerged from the Forbidden Forest and climbed into the walls of the Hogwarts Castle.
When Harry later learned he had to die for Voldemort to regain mortality, he headed in to the Forbidden Forest and, using the Resurrection Stone, called his parents, James and Lily, his godfather, Sirius Black, and his close friend, Remus Lupin, to give him the strength to face Voldemort for what he believed would be the last time.
Harry dropped the Resurrection Stone near the Acromantulas' hollow in the Forest, and he had no desire to ever go looking for it. The stone was pressed into the ground by the hoof of one of the centaurs who joined the battle against the Death Eaters, and thereafter became buried, likely never to be found again. [10]
Behind the scenesEdit
- In the first two Harry Potter films the forest is referred to as the Dark Forest.
- J. K. Rowling stated in J.K. Rowling: A Year in the Life that the forest is her favourite part of the grounds, and that could be the reason that Harry and his friends find themselves entering the forest in every book but Half-Blood Prince.
- In the film adaptations of Philosopher's Stone and Chamber of Secrets, the Forbidden Forest is located mainly to the North of the castle. However, in Prisoner of Azkaban and subsequent films, the forest is located mainly to the west. This is probably because of the reloaction of Hagrid's Hut, the Whomping Willow and the additional areas of Hogwarts such as the Covered Bridge.
- On W.O.M.B.A.T. it is rumoured that the forest started out as a small wood tended by a centaur herd. Whether it's true or not is unknown, however, this could explain why the centaurs in Order of the Phoenix say that the forest belongs to them.
- Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (First appearance)
- Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (film)
- Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (video game)
- Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
- Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (film)
- Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (video game)
- Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
- Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (film)
- Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (video game)
- Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
- Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (film)
- Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (video game)
- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (film)
- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (video game)
- Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Mentioned only)
- Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (film)
- Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (video game)
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (video game)
- Harry Potter: A Pop-Up Book
- LEGO Harry Potter: Building the Magical World
- LEGO Harry Potter: Characters of the Magical World (Mentioned only)
- LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4
- LEGO Harry Potter: Years 5-7
- Harry Potter Trading Card Game
- Pottermore
- Harry Potter LEGO Sets
Notes and referencesEdit
- ↑ Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (film)
- ↑ Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (film)
- ↑ Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (video game)
- ↑ http://www.accio-quote.org/articles/2001/0301-bluepeter.htm
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
- ↑ Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
- ↑ Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
- ↑ Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
- ↑ J.K. Rowling and the Live Chat, Bloomsbury.com, July 30, 2007
|Professors: Silvanus Kettleburn · Rubeus Hagrid · Wilhelmina Grubbly-Plank (substitute teacher)
|Textbooks: The Monster Book of Monsters · Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
|Care of Magical Creatures at Hogwarts: Hagrid's Hut · Forbidden Forest · Care of Magical Creatures classroom
|Creatures studied: Hippogriffs · Flobberworms · Salamanders · Blast-Ended Skrewts · Nifflers · Unicorns · Thestrals · Bowtruckles · Crups · Fire crabs · Knarls · Kneazles · Porlocks


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A blog to compile what I have learned (and what I am learning) about Mandriva (and GNU/Linux in general) since 2009, when I migrated. Current distros I'm using: OpenMandriva Lx 4, Mageia 7, PCLinuxOS, MX 19, PicarOS, Elive 3, and AntiX 13.
jueves, 7 de octubre de 2010
Simply Mepis 8.5 challenge: the first four days
DAY 1: Access to networks and browser customization
Mepis magic was a perfect match for Mandriva magic concerning picking up networks, both wired and wireless. I had to do absolutely nothing: just click to see the available networks and then click again to pick one Actually, I am typing this post from Mepis, using a wireless connection down here in campus four days after the experiment started. I downloaded my favorite add-ons for Firefox and customized it.
DAY 2: Desktop configuration and package installation
I had anticipated that, being a Mandriva user, the lack of an orchestrator of all the processes in Mepis could bother me a little. After all, Mandriva Control Center has become an innovation that some other Linux distributions aspire to emulate. However, my previous training with Linux Mint enabled me to use Synaptic without a great effort. Visually, there was a difference between downloading packages with Synaptic and doing it with MCC, but it was nothing to be traumatized about. I tried to customize the KDE desktop a little. I noticed some unresponsiveness of the desktop cube, but that was nothing I ignored, so I counted it as a minor bother. What actually became a major headache was the placement of four different wallpapers on each side of the cube. Everytime I booted the computer, the wallpaper images would play hide and seek with me. Sometimes, the images I selected went to a different cube side; some other times, they would be replaced at random and I would get a solid light blue wallpaper instead. I was also familiar with that behavior because Mandriva 2010 (Adelie) was shipped with the same KDE environment and, consequently, would show the same Kproblem...after several trials, I think that the four wallpapers have finally stabilized.
Package installation went fine. I installed Cheese! for the cam (it can take snapshots, but I do not get cam image) and then tried to install aMSN. That was a real problem because it would not finish installing a dependency, so used Kopete.
DAY 3: More installation and configuration
I tried installing aMSN again and it turns out that a Debian server might have been down because the installation went smoothly. Aside from that, there is not much to say because the computer is working perfectly.
DAY 4: General use
I have used SimplyMepis for my everyday work (typing letters, checking email, sending documents, opening video/audio files) and it has met all my needs magnificiently. I hardly find any problem other than my Mandriva customary behavior. Well, and maybe the visual impact was also a minor concern when I started. However, I am used to seeing the Mepis dark blue by now.
To sum up, my experience as a Mandriva user handling Mepis is satisfactory up to this point. SimplyMepis is not simply a disappointment. I think that it rivals Mandriva in its KDE handling...maybe a simplified experience than the one I am used to with Mandriva, but Mepis had given me little to complain about.
What's next? The following days I will try a multimedia class. This will let me assess the video display and the sound quality.
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It seems that you've used Mepis 8.5 more than I have. I've read that when it comes to packages, the Community Repository is a better choice. You have to add it manually, though.ResponderEliminar
Well, i checked and that looks a little complicated for me...and I do not have time for doing it right now. However, I think I should because Mepis is not handling .flv files pretty well.ResponderEliminar
Thanks for the good review. I wish, though, that you had said something about the boot-up time and overall system speed of SimplyMEPIS in comparison with Mandriva. I was using Mandriva until my desktop rig stopped running because of a bad PSU. I am assembling a new rig and will try out both Mandriva and SimplyMEPIS.ResponderEliminar
@ Barista Uno,ResponderEliminar
As a Mepis user, I observed the boot-up times of the different operating systems on my netbook (Toshiba NB100, with an Intel Atom N270 processor and 1 GB RAM):
Mepis 8.0 (my main system):1 min 30 seconds (after Grub loads; entering password)
Mepis 8.5: 1 min 15 seconds (after Grub; entering password)
Windows XP: 1 min 35 seconds (after Grub; without password)
Hope it helps
@ Barista Uno,ResponderEliminar
Well, since I have a chain boot, my record of boot time is not very accurate and, hence, I did not include the information. However, I looked and the Dell Inspiron Mini10v system boots in 1:33 +/-7 (because of the two grubs and password entering screen)
- Anónimo10 de octubre de 2010, 16:37
The only pain with mepis 8.5 being a mandriva user would probably be utilizing the mepis community repositories. Which has a wealth of backported programs.ResponderEliminar
@ anónimo,ResponderEliminar
I agree. I'm still trying to get those community repositories
- Anónimo10 de octubre de 2010, 20:17
then again, there was big reason i went to mepis instead of using mandriva. urpmi is crap. i like what mandriva is trying to do with it, but it's not reliable and apt blows it out of the water.ResponderEliminar
as far as community repos go. Go here
Just add the main and restricted community repos and you'll be fine.
then go on to step two.
step three is two go into synaptic and hit the reload button.
Then you have access to the community repos.
When done using the community repos, disable them. Only enable them when you need something.
@ Anonimo,ResponderEliminar
Hahaha, thanks!
I actually got stuck trying to install VLC because I was not using the community repositories.
Let's see if that improves the sound quality...
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The 64,000-square-foot Jepson Center contains 22 classrooms ranging in size and most all are fully equipped with multimedia technology. Wolff Auditorium/lecture hall (Jepson 114) provides state-of-the-art digital multimedia capabilities with multiple displays and a large main screen. The Hogan Center for Entrepreneurship includes a New Venture Lab office and meeting rooms, providing students and mentors with an environment to conduct online data analysis, research, and business planning on new product design and entrepreneurial proposals. The Jack H. Hemmingson Finance Lab is a state-of-the art finance lab with 24 dual-screen workstations, two - 75" touch-overlay displays, one - 75" monitor framed by two large clear boards, a 45' stock ticker, and access to multiple financial databases.
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas met with Chinese President Xi Jinping within days of each other in Beijing – the two Middle Eastern leaders having arrived in the country within hours of each other.
"China's hosting of the two emphasized its active involvement in Mideast affairs and highlighted its role as a responsible power," declared an editorial by China's state news agency, Xinhua.
A more active role in Middle East diplomacy would be a dramatic break from China's long-held policy of non-intervention. With controversial business partners like Sudan, Libya and Iran, China has consistently ducked the political and regional strife of others to focus on natural resource extraction and trade.
To a long line of American leaders who have invested a great deal of political capital in the quest for peace in the region, a Chinese diplomatic shift could be a welcome development.
But some experts like Dan Blumenthal, director of Asian Studies at the American Enterprise Institute, wonder how much China is willing to risk entering this particular political game.
Middle East experts in China have noted that the country has a fresh point of view unsullied by years of involvement in the region. It has a carefully crafted position of supporting the Palestinian cause -- dating back to 1965 when the Palestinian Liberation Organization setup an office in Beijing -- but also being a close friend of Israel, as its third-largest trading partner behind the U.S. and the European Union.
"The United States' slant toward Israel has long been regarded as a bias stance by Arabic countries, so this bias towards Israel is not helpful for President Obama when it comes to pushing forward current or future initiatives," said He Wenping, a senior researcher at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS). "But China maintains good relations with both Israel and Palestine, so China's stance is viewed as more neutral than the United States."
Just how much political capital Beijing is willing to spend hammering out a deal that has eluded others remains a critical question – one that could be fraught with risk to China's relationship with the Muslim world. Would Beijing be willing to put its neutral position and substantial business partnerships in the region in jeopardy?
To be sure, Xi's meetings with Netanyahu and Abbas were modest at best in ambition. The two Middle Eastern leaders never met face-to-face. And Xi's "four-point plan" effectively parroted calls by the United States for an independent Palestinian state, supplemented with a firm call for the two countries' boundaries to be based on 1967 borders with East Jerusalem serving as the new Palestinian state's capital.
"I don't think China has some magical power at hand that can make the Israeli-Palestinian process move more smoothly," said He of CASS. "It is significant that Israel and Palestine both recognized China's role because if they don't want China involved, [Netanyahu and Abbas] would have never come to China. This shows they wish for and they recognize China's role in the process."
Whether their involvement is desired or not, past Chinese diplomatic history suggests that given the options, China in the short-term would likely continue a nominal role rather than put trade relations at risk.
But a silver lining is the affirmation that while China and the U.S. continue to have major political differences on issues ranging from Iran to America's Asia "pivot," there is room for the two powers to cooperate and engage on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.


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Colorado is on the front lines of federal land acquisition, fighting to keep the federal government out of our backyard on multiple fronts.
oped: This was posted March 4, 2010 by Shawn Martini in Industry, Legislative, Rural Life, Wildlife/Environment
And where pray tell was our elected officials on this matter? Asleep at the helm as usual...thus it came to a head in the Bundy Ranch attack by non other than Senator Harry Reid and his gestapo BLM agents.
Congress needs to get off the pot have a cup of hot coffee and start Impeachment hearings on the entire Obama administration for sedition/corruption bordering on Treason and abuse of the US Constitution /Bill of Rights! Failure to do so will result in a Convention of States and a possible secession movement!
Senator Jim DeMint took to the pages of the Washington Post this morning to raise the alarm about a planned, 10 million acre Western land grab by the Obama administration.
A secret administration memo has surfaced revealing plans for the federal government to seize more than 10 million acres from Montana to New Mexico, halting job- creating activities like ranching, forestry, mining and energy development. Worse, this land grab would dry up tax revenue that's essential for funding schools, firehouses and community centers.
President Obama could enact the plans in this memo with just the stroke of a pen, without any input from the communities affected by it.
The memo was leaked by a Department of Interior official to Utah Congressman Bob Bishop.
According to the memo, around 380,000 acres of BLM and private land in Colorado would be subject to a "conservation designation" under the National Monument designation of the 1906 Antiquities Act. The Vermillion Basin, northwest of Craig, and the Alpine Triangle near Ouray are listed in the memo. This designation would close the areas off to multi-use activities including, mining, hunting, grazing, oil and gas development and other recreational activities.
"President Obama spoke last month at his State of the Union address about the need to use America's natural resources. It does not make much sense to recognize the need to put America's vast stores of energy resources to use, and then work to limit access to them. Especially in this economy," said Alan Foutz, President of Colorado Farm Bureau.
The memo shows that the goal of the designations is to limit multiple use activities and the potential development from oil and gas companies. It says all kinds of animals would be better off under the designation, like the coyotes, badgers, prairie dogs, elk, deer and pronghorn.
""Deer and elk populations are thriving and we in Colorado don't need help from the federal government in order to manage them effectively," added Foutz.
Citing the "unique landscape" and "scenic qualities" the memo notes that the vermillion basin is "currently under threat of oil and gas development, which will forever alter the region."
Here ya go: Senator Reid and his Chinese buddies...green energy research/development in the area of the Bundy ranch!
In Nevada, the Obama administration might make another monument in the Heart of the Great Basin because it, supposedly, is a "center of climate change scientific research."
Interior staffers also note in the report that the Alpine Triangle carries about 25,000 acres of patented mining claims that could be used to support backcountry cabins and second home development, which would "threaten the landscape."
A Potential FixColorado Congressman Doug Lamborn (CO-05) is introducing legislation, H.R. 4716 , with Congressman Mike Coffman (CO-06) that would safeguard Colorado from arbitrary presidential monument designations and ensure that all future national monument designations only occur through an open and transparent process that includes input from local officials, residents, and stakeholders.
"Colorado has a rich supply of natural energy that if used responsibly can provide high paying jobs and reduce energy costs. But this Administration just doesn't get it. It seems President Obama and Secretary Salazar would rather lock up our valuable Western resources than help lower energy costs and create jobs. At the very least, they owe it to the people of Colorado to discuss their agenda in an open manner," said Congressman Lamborn.
"This legislation will help ensure that any decision to further restrict access to valuable natural resources is done so with the full input and knowledge of the people of Colorado. Congressman Lamborn and I call on the entire Colorado delegation to support this bill. It will ensure that the people of Colorado have a voice in what happens in our state," explained Mr. Coffman.
Over the last forty years, the federal government has spent nearly $13 billion adding hundreds of thousands of acres to the federal estate. In fact, an area larger than the size of Florida has been added to federal lands since John F. Kennedy was president.
Past Indiscretions
Congressman Bishop says that he released the document because he does not want to see another land grab like what happened under previous administration.Several past presidents have made gratuitous use of the National Monuments designation to give back-room favors to their environmentalist supporters. The law allowed Former President Clinton to single-handedly create 19 new national monuments, expand three others and prohibit recreational use over 5.9 million acres without ever consulting anyone.
He unilaterally closed the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument in Utah to oil and gas development, without ever consulting the public or state, local and federal officials. Prior to the designation, the 135,000 acre region was responsible for producing 65,000 barrels of oil a year. The designation even sparked a Supreme Court case.
President Jimmy Carter used the executive to lock up more land than any other president; all in the name of "conservation." He took more than 50 million acres in Alaska despite heavy opposition from the state.


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9 Ways To Preserve Your Summer Fruit
Just because summer is coming to an end doesn't mean that you have to say goodbye to your favorite summer fruit. We've got recipes for turning your peaches into (peach melba, bellini, and bourbon-spiked) jam, plus blueberry preserves and glorious jars of thyme-laced blackberries and cardamom-scented plums. Check out the recipes below!
The Recipes
Bourbon Peach Jam: This simple jam is full of ripe, fresh peach flavor with hints of bourbon, cinnamon, and vanilla. Serve it with warm buttermilk biscuits, or use it as a filling for a quick summer tart.
Apple Blackberry Thyme Jam: This sweet, tart, herbaceous jam pairs well with hearty whole grain breads and bran muffins. It can also be used as a glaze for pork tenderloin. Pulse the blackberries in the food processor a few times to coarsely puree them.
Blueberry Lavender Jam: Lavender transforms ordinary blueberry jam into preserves that are positively romantic. Delicate and floral, it would be perfect with scones, croissants, or crostini with fresh ricotta.
Bellini Jam: This wonderfully refreshing Bellini jam combines the sweetness of peaches with the giggly swagger of champagne, making for a homey jam with a punch of flavor from the alcohol. You can zip the peaches in the food processor for a smoother texture, or you can chop them coarsely if you prefer your jam a little chunkier.
Cardamom-Plum Jam: This cardamom-plum version in Southern Living's Little Jars, Big Flavors is an elegant extension of a basic recipe. Fruit is simmered with sugar until it softens and releases its juice, and then the plum pulp is removed from the syrup while it boils. This step may seem surprising—even erroneous—but it keeps the texture of the plums distinct from the syrup and preserves their bright freshness.
Peach Melba Jam: The finished jam is gorgeous—it looks like sunset in a jar. Of course it's delicious on toast or stirred into yogurt, but this is also a good jam to get creative with. It would be a welcome addition to many desserts. Spoon some over wedges of simple butter cake, stir it into cold rice pudding, or sandwich it between your favorite ginger cookies.
Blueberry Rhubarb Jam with Maple Syrup: Thick, silky, and speckled with tiny chunks of blueberries, this jam has a pronounced maple flavor and is lightly scented with star anise, cinnamon, and vanilla. It would be perfect between layers of French toast, but also try it with buttery scones or cinnamon streusel muffins, or swirl it into oatmeal.
Blueberry Orange Ginger Jam: This jam pairs peak-of-the-season blueberries with fresh orange juice and a double dose of ginger (fresh and ground). Because it's less sugary, it's great for pairing with sweeter breakfast treats like fruity muffins, banana bread, and zucchini bread. Save a jar for the dead of winter, when you need a reminder of the warm months ahead.
Blueberry Port Jam: This jam has a deep, dark purple hue that looks almost black in the jar. The blueberries and port work together to create an intense, full-bodied jam bursting with ripe fruit flavors. In addition to the berries, there are notes of plum, cherry, and raisin. Try it in a peanut butter sandwich, or as a filling between two layers of lemon cake.


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If you're one of the millions of homeowners and renters who work or run a business from the place you live, here's some good news on taxes: The Internal Revenue Service wants to make it easier for you to file for deductions on the business-related use of your home.
Rather than the complicated, 43-line form you now have to fill out to claim a write-off -- the instructions alone take up four pages of text -- the IRS has come up with a much simpler option: What it calls a "safe harbor" method that allows you to measure the square footage of your business space and apply for a deduction.
The move comes at a time when the use of homes for work is soaring, thanks to technologies such as high-speed Internet and Skype. Last October, the Census Bureau estimated that as of 2010, the last year when data were available, 13.4 million Americans were making some type of business use of their homes, and that home businesses employed nearly 10 percent of all workers.
During the same year, the IRS says 3.4 million taxpayers filed for the home-office deduction. The sheer size of the gap raises the question: Are millions of people declining to seek write-offs for which they're qualified?
Kristie Arslan, president and CEO of the National Association for the Self-Employed, thinks so. The IRS rules for home offices have been "cumbersome and time consuming," she said, "... and year after year, hard-earned dollars were left on the table."
Otherwise qualified business owners and entrepreneurs were daunted by the record-keeping and paperwork required. They also worried that they could be exposed to an audit by the IRS if they made mistakes in filing.
The new IRS option plan, which will be available for 2013 and beyond, allows owners and employees who work from home to deduct $5 per square foot of home office space per year, up to a maximum allowable space of 300 square feet. The write-off is capped at $1,500 per year, but the hassle factor is negligible.
Here's how it works. The Internal Revenue Code permits you to deduct expenses for a home office that is used "exclusively" and on a "regular basis" as your principal place of business "for any trade or business," or as a place to meet with clients or customers. Provided you qualify on these threshold tests, the code allows you to deduct mortgage interest, property taxes, rent, utilities, hazard insurance and other expenses based on the percentage of the total space of the home that is attributable to your business use.
Though this method can produce sizable deductions, critics have long argued that the computations for some of the allowable items -- depreciation on the house you own is one -- can be tricky and require significant record-keeping and time expenditures to get it exactly right. Plus the IRS has acknowledged that the presence of a home-office deduction on a taxpayer's filing may increase that taxpayer's potential for being selected for audit.
The new, streamlined approach essentially boils everything down to just one measurement: How much square footage are you using that qualifies for business-purpose treatment? Multiply that number by $5 per square foot and you've got your deduction amount. As long as this does not exceed $1,500, you can use the new short form write-off. If the total is more than $1,500, you can use the more complicated option, which is spelled out in IRS Form 8829 at IRS.gov.
The pros and cons of the new option? Abe Schneier, senior technical manager for taxation at the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, says it should be a money-saver for small-scale enterprises and start-ups. "Anybody who's going to start a new business working from home will probably find this a great advantage."
On the other hand, owners whose operations require large amounts of space and who have sizable utilities, insurance and other expenses probably will want to stick with the traditional method because it can yield them much higher write-offs.
Review the basic rules outlined in IRS publication 587, "Business Use of Your Home," and go with the smarter option for you.
Write Ken Harney at firstname.lastname@example.com.
Home-office deduction option is easier to file
If you're one of the millions of homeowners and renters who work or run a business from the place you live, here's some good news on taxes: The Internal Revenue Service wants to make it easier for you to file for deductions on the business-related use of your home.


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Screw compressors are often used in connection with cooling systems. A screw compressor draws in coolant fumes continually, while some other compressor types draw in portions.
In a screw compressor, the compressor and motor are separated, and therefore connected with an axle or V-belt. As the compressor and motor are separated, the compressor can be used with ammonia as the coolant.
The cooling output of cooling systems can be regulated by adjusting compressor performance. A screw compressor is well-suited for regulation of cooling systems, as it features smooth adjustment from 100 % to almost 0%.


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Shanghai, situated on the banks of the Yangtze River Delta in East China, is the largest city of the People's Republic of China and the eighth largest in the world. Widely regarded as the citadel of China's modern economy, the city also serves as one of the most important cultural, commercial, financial, industrial and communications centers of China. Shanghai is also one of the world's busiest ports, and became the largest cargo port in the world in 2005.
Shanghai is known as the 'Paris of the East' with the best skyline in Asia, reflecting both Oriental and European influences. In recent years, a number of modern buildings have been added to the city, such as the Oriental Pearl TV Tower, Shanghai Museum, Shanghai Library, Shanghai Stadium, Shanghai Grand Theatre, Shanghai Circus City, Shanghai City-Planning Exhibition Hall and Jin Mao Tower, Shanghai Science & Technology Museum.


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• New American Standard Bible - (1977 Edition)
• Both Old Testament and New Testament
• 4 MP3 discs comes in hard plastic case
• Voice Only Narrated by E.W. "Red" Jeffries.
• Length: 72 Hours and 48 Minutes of Bible Reading
• Recorded at 64 KBPS, total file size is 2 GB for installation of the entire Bible
• Each chapter is on its on individual track so you can select the exact book and chapter you want to listen to.
Voice narrator/Artist:
• Narrated by E.W. "Red" Jeffries
• His deep radio voice sure to be loved by all.
Translation Information:
• New American Standard Bible
• Number of Translators: 54
• Word for Word Translation
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Well it is what it says it is: It's the NASB voice recorded. It's extremely useful for people who are more able to learn through hearing than reading, and it's helped me tremendously. However, at times it seems very dry, unenthusiastic, almost computer-generated. especially in the psalms. Hence, 4/5
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